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My thanks to Old Hat for the inspiration...
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Hook- Wholesale Fly Company M11 #14
Thread- UTC 70 Rusty Brown
Body-Dubbing 1/3 each Hare, Muskrat, & Mole blended.
Hackle & Tail- Hen Neck, Furnace

RIMG1012 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

marvelously fishable, as always

Great looking fly.

I am also tying # 14s & 16s in a version weighted with SM Copper wire...
RIMG1017 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Really nice Bill. Good looking fly. Let us know how fishes.

That's buggy

Carl,

My limited testing on the Middle Deschutes shows it will catch fish.

The weather was beautiful. I met ronr for lunch last Thursday in Redmond. He told me the Crooked River I intended to fish was now running at over 1,000 CFS instead of the 100 CFS from 2 days ago. By dinner time it was at 2,000 CFS which is out of its banks in places.

The next day the middle Deschutes was at 72 CFS, very wadable and clear...
RIMG1028 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

RIMG1033 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Unfortunately, this was 60% less water than 2 days prior. I never saw a fish rise that day but swinging flies brought out a few bumps and 2 small Rainbows and 1 Brown. There were March Browns in the air and the RTF was the fly of choice on a 3-fly cast.

Wonderful! Thanks Bill, a great report.

I know that stretch well. Water looks nice! The March Brown hatch in that area is what started my soft hackle journey.